Ear and Listening

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Ear noun - A state of being aware.

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Listening and ear are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Listening" instead a noun "Ear".

Nearby Words: eared, earpiece, earphone, earing

Listening noun - The act of hearing attentively.

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Ear and listening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ear" instead a noun "Listening".

Nearby Words: listen, listened, listener

It's particularly funny when the player is using the blind swordsman Kenshi, since he tracks the movement of the cups by cupping one hand around his ear and listening to them.

Source: Shell Game
Doesn't refer to when things people are saying go metaphorically "in one ear and out the other"; that sense would be covered by Comically Missing the Point or Not Listening to Me, Are You?.

Source: In One Ear, Out the Other
In a later strip Jon whispers into Odie's ear what he is going to get Garfield for Christmas, only to stop when he notices Garfield listening at Odie's other ear.

Source: In One Ear, Out the Other

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